September 24, 1980

Hospital volunteer

At some time or
another, everyone of us
has felt the anguish of
loneliness, but few of
us have ever been as
isolated from the
outside world as some
of the residents at Lions
Gate Hospital E.C.U.

Lions Gate Hospital is
resuming its special
Volunteer Visitor Program
which has been so successful
in previous years.

This special volunteer
programme was designed in
order to combat the isolation
that some pcople feel in
hospital.

Certain medical problems
require patients to stay in
hospital for a long period of
convalescence, while other
people are permanent
residents in the Extended
Care Unit

Some of these paticats’

visitors needed

have very few visitors and
there are some who have no
visitors at all coming to sce
them. The search is on for
warm, cnthusiastic people
who are willing to give a
small portion of their time
cach weck to be a friend to a
hospital resident.

A basic 4-week training
course will be given to all
volunteers at Lions Gate
Hospital in the Boarrdroom,
E.C.U. Basement Level on
Wednesday, October 1,
October 8, October 22 and
October 29 from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. on cach occasion.

People who enjoy talking
to others, reading the
newspapers, discussing
current events, writing
letters, sharing hobbies,
would be very good special
volunteers

Caring about people is the
only special skill required.

If you are interested,
please contact Rev. Merle

Tel. 985-2131

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Snustead, Chaplain, Lions
Gate Hospital — 988-3131,
Local 441, or Marianne

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Tinley, Social
Extended Care Unit,
3131, Local 470.

arl Birney to read
at Cap College

Earl

Birney and the
National Film Board of
Canada are coming to

Capilano College September
25. Birney will be there to
read from his work — the
National Film Board wil) be
there to film him doing so as
part of a film that they are
currently making about him
Earl Birney has been one
of Canada’s most promincat
pocts and scholars for over a
quarter century A
Vancouver

former
resident = and
UBC professor, Birncy is a

two time Governor

General's Award winner and
is best known for his poem
“David”

The Birney reading 1s the
first in Capilano College's
1980 81 Reading
sponsored by the
Council

serics
Canada

Anyone interested in
atiending the rcading ts
advised to come carly for a
good seat at the event which
will take place at 8 OO p m
in the College's cafetheatre
Admussion is free and the
public 1s welcome

Worker,
988-

VISITORS ARE
WELCOME sights
for many of those
restricted to
hospitals and Lions
Gate is

no ex-
ception. In_ the
photo, Euphemia

Ford, centre, chats
with, left to right,
Marianne Tinley,
social worker
volunteer Gail
Retallack and
Kathleen Stewart,
and hospital
chaplain Merle
Snustead. A
volunteer program
is being’ re-
established at the
hospital with “care”
being the only
requirement.

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